Nottingham Forest vs Derby County Predictions & Betting Odds – 9th November 2019

Nottingham Forest vs Derby County Betting Tips – EFL Championship, 9th November 12.30pm

Sabri Lamouchi’s Nottingham Forest and Phillip Cocu’s Derby County meet at the City Ground in the EFL Championship on Saturday afternoon in a tasty East Midlands derby. A home win will take Forest into joint second before the others play later in the day. Meanwhile, Derby will be looking for their first goal against their bitter rivals for over two years having failed to score in the last four. Who will take the bragging rights in this derby?

Nottingham Forest vs Derby County Betting Odds*

Nottingham Forest 6/5
Draw 12/5
Derby County 23/10
* (Betting Odds were taken from bet365 on November 7th, 2019 at 14:30 p.m.)
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Nottingham Forest vs Derby County Live Stats & Betting Odds

Nottingham Forest News and Form – Will Forest return to winning ways in front of their home supporters?

Nottingham Forest have made a strong start to their season, sitting nicely in fifth place on 25 points. Sabri Lamouchi’s men have won half of their 14 matches, drawing four and losing three of the other seven.

After falling to back-to-back defeats which saw Forest slip out of the top six, last weekend’s win over Luton Town was a vital one for the Reds. Lewis Grabban and Sammy Ameobi were the scorers in the 2-1 victory at Kenilworth Road.

 

 

Before losing 2-1 to Hull City at the City Ground at the end of last month, Nottingham Forest had won five and drawn one of six home league and cup matches, including a 3-0 Carabao Cup win over Derby. Can the Reds get back to winning ways on home soil at the weekend?

Nottingham Forest vs Derby County Head to Head

Nottingham Forest are unbeaten in the last four (two wins, two draws)

When the pair met in the EFL Cup back in August, goals from Albert Adomah, Joe Lolley and Joao Carvalho gave the Reds a handsome 3-0 home win

Derby have failed to score in the last four meetings

County have not won at the City Ground since September 2012

 

 

Derby County News and Form – Can the Rams pick up a rare away win?

Derby County have not won away from home in the Championship since beating Huddersfield Town at the John Smith’s Stadium on the opening weekend of the season. Since then, the Rams have picked up just three points from a possible 18 on their travels.

Last weekend, though, Derby beat Middlesbrough 2-0 at Pride Park, with Tom Lawrence helping himself to a brace. In fact, Phillip Cocu’s team have won four on the spin at Pride Park.

Derby are down in 15th place at the moment after an indifferent start to their Championship campaign. Their away form will be a concern for Cocu, but can County cause an upset at the home of their rivals this Saturday?

Nottingham Forest vs Derby County Tips & Odds

Nottingham Forest to win to nil at 11/4
Team to score first – Nottingham Forest at 8/11
* (Betting Odds were taken from bet365 on November 7th, 2019 at 14:35 p.m.)

Nottingham Forest vs Derby County Predictions

Nottingham Forest win: Last weekend’s narrow victory at Luton was just what the doctor ordered for Forest after successive defeats at Wigan Athletic and at home to Hull. Lamouchi has made an excellent impact at the City Ground since his arrival in the summer, and Forest will be looking for a top six finish at the very least this season.

Derby have struggled in recent meetings with Forest, failing to score in each of the last four. I can see Nottingham Forest keeping another clean sheet against the Rams on Saturday. The home team are available at 11/4 to win to nil.

The Reds have won nine times in all competitions this season, scoring the opening goal in eight of those. You can get the decent odds of 8/11 for Forest to score first in this East Midlands derby at the weekend.